Churros With Hot Chocolate

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 250 ml water
• 50 ml sunflower oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 200 g flour
• 115 g milk chocolate
• 1 liter milk (i used whole milk)
• 1 tablespoon cornflour
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar (for sprinkling on top)
• 50 ml oil (for deep frying)

Recipe

• 1 put the water (250ml), oil, and salt in a heavy pan and bring to the boil.
• 2 turn the heat down and add the flour - beat together until the mixture forms a ball then remove from heat
• 3 heat the oil for deep frying until very hot
• 4 using an icing syringe, pipe thick strips into the oil and fry until golden brown (if you haven't got one, see tips below).
• 5 place on a plate and sprinkle with the caster sugar
• 6 for the chocolate sauce place the chocolate and half the milk in a pan and heat.
• 7 dissolve the cornflour in the rest of the milk and mix into the chocolate together with the sugar.
• 8 continue heating the mixture on a low heat stirring constantly.
• 9 once the mixture has thickened remove from the heat and whisk until really smooth and serve with the warm churros (donuts).
• 10 for the chocolate sauce to dip the churros in put the rest of the chocolate into a microwavable dish and melt in the microwave.